Kentucky state troopers answered questions about evidence collected in the Brent Burke slaying case as day five of the trial continued Friday.

Burke is accused of killing his estranged wife, Tracy, and her former-mother-in-law, Karen Comer, at Comer's Rineyville home in Sept. 2007.

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Nearly three years have passed since the bodies were discovered in Comer's home. Tracy Burke's three young children hid in a closet for 12 hours before calling 911. The older two children are supposed to testify during the trial.

Friday, the defense again questioned the children's competency to testify. Judge Janet Coleman said she saw no reason to change her previous ruling.

Coleman said competency should be used very sparingly, not if a witness' testimony may be seen as not credible.

The children did not testify Friday. Instead, KSP Sgt. Matt Johnson continued to itemize the evidence collected during the investigation.

Johnson said each piece of evidence was collected and remained in his control until it could be tagged and entered in the evidence locker at KSP Post 4. He said the evidence remained there until Aug. 14, 2010.